do you know if there is any kind of a switch or command to make the compiler give a more detailed message?
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Michael Moore <michaeljmoore@gmail.com> writes: > I am doing like: > *mydb-# \i pxportal2_mod.sql* > which gives an error like:
> *CREATE FUNCTION* > *psql:pxportal2_mod.sql:309: NOTICE: type reference > tx_portal.portal_name%TYPE converted to character varying* > *psql:pxportal2_mod.sql:309: NOTICE: type reference > tx_service_catalog.service_code%TYPE converted to character varying* > *psql:pxportal2_mod.sql:309: ERROR: syntax error at or near "pxportal2"* > *LINE 61: pxportal2.dlogerror (v_program_name, v_program_loca...* > * ^* > The problem is that there are lots of directives and comments in my input > file so that neither line 309 (above) or 61 is actually meaningful.
I think 309 will be the file line number of the start of the CREATE FUNCTION command, while 61 will be the line number within the function body.
If you have /* ... */ style comments in your file, I think psql might end up considering the start of the comment before the CREATE FUNCTION command as being the start point of that command for this purpose.
